SCHOTT Tubing India to boost capacity at Gujarat facility

Germany-based pharma glass and packaging firm, SCHOTT, has announced the launch of a new glass tank at its manufacturing plant in Jambusar, Gujarat. The company – which is celebrating 20 years of operations in India – is further growing its production capacity through this new tank facility with a total investment of more than Euro 20-mn (approximately Rs. 180-crore).

Construction work on the new tank facility has already begun and is expected to be completed within 18 months. Production from the new tank is scheduled to begin by January 2020. Mr. Georg Sparschuh, Managing Director, SCHOTT Glass India Pvt. Ltd. said that the new facility will help increase the company’s production capacity by an additional 50%.

Schott said the facility will help fulfil the constantly growing demand of its premium borosilicate glass tubing like Fiolax clear. It is used for high quality pharmaceutical packaging, especially vials and ampoules for India as well as for export markets.

“The rapid development of the Indian pharmaceutical market requires a strong growth of high-end pharmaceutical packaging and in consequence high-end pharmaceutical tubing. We estimate a market growth for premium packaging and therefore for tubing to continue on a very strong level in the coming years. In addition to the supply of the domestic market, Schott Tubing India will also serve the strong growing Asian market outside of India and will therefore be an important hub for the Asian market,” commented Dr. Patrick Markschlaeger, Executive Vice President, SCHOTT AG, Business Unit Tubing.

SCHOTT’s India plant functions as a production hub for SCHOTT pharmaceutical tubing in Asia and produces the branded Fiolax pharmaceutical tubing.